A result they have come to question the integrity of many written accounts from antiquity. The Apostle Peter is martyrdom on the vatican hill is one of them. It marks the dramatic climax of a religious legend but as one of the most powerful stories in church tradition. Some one and a half centuries later a Magnificent Basilica was erected on the vatican you know of the sign believed to be the very spot where peter was buried. Peters basilica is a monument to the apostle and one of the holiest catholic shrines. In the catacombs deep below the church is an Ancient Roman graves a veritable City Of The Dead in which according to legend jesus is first Apostle Simon peter was buried. Peanuts
a dope up oto one of romes Grand Squares in middle the. Ages it was believed to be haunted by demons and evil spirits because it harbored the remains of the most barbarous man who ever walked the earth nero. In the twelfth century anyone entering the eternal city from the via flat mean yeah would have ca
To the emperor by later writers. Nero an eccentric ruler who wanted to be an artist and preferred to live in a world of fantasy. But neither an arsonist nor persecutor of christians. Was. Its july nineteenth in the years sixty four it hasnt rained for days. Rome is
days thousands will die when the smoke clears three quarters of the city will lay in ruins. According to legend the Apostle Peter was in rome at the same time to supervise the citys fledgling Christian Community. Later he would go down in the annals of the Catholic Church is the first Bishop Of Rome. With. Another natori as legend emperor nero himself started the fire as an excuse to rebuild rome to his own liking and to rename the city mirabilis and thats not all. The Mad Megalomaniac watched the conflagration from his palace on the palatine you know merrily singing and playing his life. In need of a scapegoat he blamed the fire on the christians so many indiscriminately and
mercilessly crucified. Because of peter was also
in the able fought in we have accounts that reveal nero suffered from severe stage fright before these events but that he still put in spirit at performances against his competitors and he has always tremendously surprised as if by coincidence he won first place and very humbly accepted the prizes and the applause. even if he d fallen off the chariot and nearly died during the race this. year so here again we have the phenomenon that we can observe in many other areas of nero s person he was living in his own world and shaping his own reality a shuffle hot. aside from athletic competitions like chariot racing the games also featured artistic contests miro took part in all of them organizers
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mercilessly crucified. because of peter was also arrested and condemned to death by crucifixion on the vatican hill. so that his death would differ from that of jesus he asked his executioner to invert the cross on which he was nailed. to stuff marshy says a protestant theologian and church historian is one of the world s leading scholars of early christian studies in nero s time the christians were a new and obscure jewish sect you should travel. when you re writing past events historical writers always tend to simplify reality somewhat for info home and the simplification of reality in nero s case turned him into a ruler who unleashed the persecution of christians out of pure criminal intent so there was no legal basis though naturally many of the incidents recorded as